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The Qiqiao Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival or Chinese Valentine's Day, stands as one of the most romantic traditional celebrations in China. This year, Guangzhou has organized a captivating array of events for the public to celebrate love and tradition on the Qiqiao Culture Festival. Poster of the Guangzhou Qiqiao Culture Festival (Poster provided by Guangzhou Tianhe District Culture Center) The Qiqiao Festival, celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (falling on August 10 this year), commemorates the tale of love between the cowherd Niulang and the weaver girl Zhinv. "Qiqiao" refers to the ancient tradition in which women prayed to Zhinv for skills in needlework and marital bliss. Events of the Guangzhou Qiqiao Culture Festival are as follows. The Seven Fairies worship ceremony According to the tale, Zhinv is a fairy who has six sisters, making them the Seven Fairies. During the festival, you can experience a famous Qiqiao ceremony--the Seven Fairies worship
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